Sr Demand Planner

The Opportunity:
In this role, you will lead the local S&OP process, aligning Sales, Marketing, and Finance on forecasting and product availability. You will also be involved with managing demand/supply synchronization, analyzing trends to adjust forecasts, and reporting key metrics. Additionally, this position also focuses on inventory optimization and proactively addressing supply chain challenges.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Lead the local S&OP process and Consensus meetings with Commercial/Marketing/Finance teams
Be the primary point of contact between Sales, Marketing, and Finance on Forecasting and Product Availability. This includes conducting monthly review of Demands, Supply Match, Sales Forecast, and Inventory health compared to Financial Plan KPI’s
Responsible for synchronizing commercial plans with monthly demand/supply forecasting cycle
Monitor and adjust product forecasts to achieve appropriate sales in the different channels based on POS/shipping trends, DFC, and customer/consumer insights
Provide monthly metrics reporting and recommendations on forecast changes, rejections, forecast accuracy, bias, and item productivity in-line with Global and Regional expectations
Liase with Supply and Inventory Management teams to provide Gross inventory/DOS projections and trending. Also support initiatives to improve overall inventory health by reducing excess, slow-moving inventory while balancing against potential unshippables and out of stocks (optimize customer fill-rate)
Set up mechanisms to detect and highlight critical forecast levels & changes (i.e. Demand imbalance, Supply constraints, promotional impacts, POS trends, Market Conditions etc…)
Proactively identifying constraints and challenges and developing solutions to mitigate impacts all the while keeping internal customers clearly informed of developments
What We’re Looking For:
B.A. Degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Supply-Chain or Logistics is plus
Fluent English (written and verbal), additional language skills an asset
At least 3 years experience in a supply chain demand planning or forecasting role
Proficiency with Excel and Powerpoint with knowledge of AS400, Tableau, Cognos
Working knowledge of demand planning tools/software such as JDA/Blue Yonder, SAP a plus
APICS certification or equivalent a plus
Open to travel when required and collaborate with cross-regional teams
Highly organized and able to perform in a dynamic, fast-paced organization
Exceptional problem solving & analytical ability
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with other teams and cultures. Strong ability to influence by establishing effectve cross-functional relationships

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No